FY2018-Annual-Report

Academics
New Programs
Fiscal year 2018 was a year of expansion with
the addition of new certificates in the fields of
Health Policy and Media Engagement, Nursing
Education and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse
Practitioner (PMHNP). GW Nursing also made the
notable milestones of securing approvals of a PhD
in Nursing program and a MSN option in PMHNP.
All new offerings address shortages of adequately
prepared practitioners, scientists and advocates
within the nursing profession and are valuable
additions to the school’s array of educational
programs.
Clinical Placement
With a distance-learning graduate education
model, streamlining clinical placement processes
has been an ongoing effort to improve the student
experience. Over the past two years, GW Nursing
revamped its graduate clinical placement process
to adopt a student-driven and competency-based
clinical placement model designed to empower
nurse practitioner students to select clinical sites
based on potential to meet clinical objectives
and support clinical competencies. The new
model also allows faculty and staff to efficiently
address challenges associated with rapid national
expansion, regulatory requirements and the
educational standards of online NP education
programs.
The school’s clinical placement staff developed
a database of clinical sites across the country to
help our graduate students find preceptors. It is
accessible by students and faculty and currently
contains more than 2,500 sites grouped by
availability and population foci.
Figure 1. Enrollment trends by degree program
Admissions Pipelines
Graduation total
BSN 210
MSN 179
DNP 37
Certificates 17
GW Nursing negotiated five new guaranteed
admissions agreements for students in area
community colleges. The school also partnered with
the Organization of Associate Degree Nursing to
offer guaranteed admission to its members. These
agreements facilitate the seamless transition to
GW Nursing and address a nationwide demand for
nurses.
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